The Monitor., 1887-09-02

II is feared that the Egg uarbor grape crop
will prove total failure, which will be a great
hardship to the growers there who depend
upon that crop alone.
| il. Davis, an Atlantic city milk dealer, dis
| appeared on Wednesday of last week, leaving
behind him number of debts, aggregating
a. near as can be aseertained, about $500.
The Millville Fire Department will probably
participate in the Centennial celebration pa
rade in Philadelphia. A special meeting has
been called for this week to consider the sub
iect.
The strike ut Keigheys shoe factory, at
Vineland. virtually ended last week by "a num-
Der Of the old hands accepting the employers
ultimatum-that the old prices be paid and
non-unionists he employed.
Robert J. Buck, president Of the Cumber-
land Nail and Iron Company. of Bridgeton,
turned from Europe last week. He has been
abroad several weeks purchasing bIooded
stock for his extensive stock farms
Besides the regular stndies of the south
Jersey Institute, at Bridgeton, this coming
school year. a feature of the course of the
young men will be the military drill, which
will be under The tutorship of Prof f. Il
Walfe, a NJ.
Mr.. Arthur Wescoaf an Atlantic City asses
sor hts the novelty of an ivy vine growing
through the walls of his house and extending
for ten or fifteen feet over the walls of his sit
ting room. The interior section is green and
thrifty, and seems perfectly at home in out of
wet.
The Moore Bros of Clayton, the big glass
manufacturing firm, through Mr. Wilson
Moore, last week purchased a $4,000 interest
in popular patent medicine plant. Mr. John
NJ Moore, the head OF the firm, is in Europe,
and the negotiations and purchase was made
altogether by Mr.. Wilson Moore.
:. Scull aged II years, a lifelong resident of
Leeds Point, in Atlantic county. was killed on
Thursday afternoon by being thrown against
the cutting bar and knives of moving
machine. His legs were nearly cut of, and as
a surgeon could not be obtained for some time
he died from shock and loss of blood.
Work upon the new race track at Cape May
is to be proceeded with this week. There will
be two tracks, one ofa mile for runners and
the other of half II mile for trotters, the latter
to be within the former The grand stand will
face The ocean and will be modelled after that
at saratoga, with seating capacity for $500
persons. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will buid a branch road direct to The
park.
The Sea Isle City express train ran into the
rear of the Cape May express train satur-
day afternoon, at Haddon Avenue Juncti0
Camden, damaging the last and the pilot
of the colliding locomotive. The passengers
were shaken up, but no one was reported in
iured. \ half hours delay was occasioned by
the accident
There WIS very heavy tide at Atlantic City
on Thursday Of last week and considerable
damage done. At Arkansas and Missouri
avenues large sections of the boardwalk We're
carried away, while a number of shanties and
stands were completely demolished. A num-
ber of bath houses and payilions carried
away, and the washed up several of the
avenues at the lower part fully half square.
Two Philadelphia eXcursionists were washed
of the boardwalk into the surf and badly
frightened.